Copying account budget

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This page allows you to copy the account budget details from one financial year to another. Tell me more.

The “Copy Account Budget” page appears.

Finance Book

Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the finance book. All the finance books mapped to the login organization unit are listed down for selection.

Account Code From

The starting code in the range of account code for which the details are to be retrieved (Alphanumeric, 32). You can enter the account code in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system lists all the account codes that are greater than or similar to the value entered here. If this field is left blank and the “To” field is entered, then the system retrieves the account code from the first record till the account code specified in the “To” field.

To

The ending code in the range of account code for which the details are to be retrieved (Alphanumeric, 32). You can enter the code in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system lists all the account codes that are lesser than the value entered here. The number entered here must be greater than the number entered in the “Account Code From” field. If this field is left blank and the “Account Code From” entered, then the system retrieves the account codes starting from the number specified in the “Account Code From” field till the last record.

Description

The textual description pertaining to the account code (Alphanumeric, 40). Enter the description in full or specify it partially using the ‘*’ character. The system lists all the account code whose description is similar to the description of the account code.

Account Group

Use the drop-down list box to select the group to which the account belongs. This account group must be defined for the account in the “Create Operative Chart of Accounts” activity of the “Accounting Setup” business component. The system displays “Expense” by default.

Currency

Use the drop-down list box to select the transaction currency of the account. All the “Active” currencies are listed in the drop-down list box. The currency must be defined in the “Create Currency and Country” activity of the “Organization Set Up” business component. The system displays the base currency of the company by default.

Financial Year

Use the drop-down list box to select the closed financial year for the selected finance book. The displays all the closed financial year for the selected finance book in the drop-down list box. The system displays the last closed financial year by default.

Financial Period

Use the drop-down list box to select the financial period from which the account budget that has to be copied. The system displays all the closed financial period for the selected finance year in the drop-down list box. The system leaves this field blank by default.

Note: The financial year and the period must be closed in the “Close Finance Book” activity of the “Financial Calendar Closure” business component.

The system displays the following field:

Copy Finance Year / Period From

The financial year or the period from which the budget accounting details must be copied to the destination finance book. The system displays the year selected in the “Financial Year” field, if the “Financial Period” field is left blank. The system displays the period selected in the “Financial Period” field, if both “Financial Year” and the “Financial Period” fields are entered in the “Search Criteria” group box.

Copy Finance Year / Period To

Use the drop-down list box to select the destination financial year or the period to which the analysis budget details are to be copied. The system displays all the open financial year and the period of the selected finance book in the drop-down list box. You can copy the details to financial year or the financial period.

Note: The “Copy Finance Year / Period To” must be greater than the “Copy Finance Year / Period From”.

Copy Basis

Use the drop-down list box to select the basis on which the budget details are to be copied to the destination financial year or the financial period. The options available are

 
  • Utilized Amount – Select this option to copy the utilized amount to the destination financial year or financial period.

 
  • Budget Amount – Select this option to copy the budget amount to the destination financial year or financial period.

 

The system displays the budget amount by default.

Budget Basis

Use the drop-down list box to select the budget basis based on which the budget amount has to be calculated. The budget bases available are “Increase In Amount”, “Increase in Percentage”, “Decrease In Amount” and “Decrease in Percentage”. The system displays the “Increase In Amount” by default on launch of the screen.

Carry Forward Budget

Check the box to carry forward the budget from one financial period to the subsequent financial period.

The system displays the following fields in the “Budget Information” multiline:

Note: If the “Copy Basis” selected is “Utilized Amount” and the “Budget Basis” selected is increase or decrease in amount, then the current budget is the utilized budget as increased or decreased by amount specified in the text field.

If the “Copy Basis” selected is “Utilized Amount” and the “Budget Basis” selected is increase or decrease in percentage, then the current budget is the utilized budget as increased or decreased by percentage specified in the text field.

If the “Copy Basis” selected is “Budget Amount” and the “Budget Basis” selected is increase or decrease in amount, then the current budget is the budget amount as increased or decreased by amount specified in the text field.

If the “Copy Basis” selected is “Budget Amount” and the “Budget Basis” selected is increase or decrease in percentage, then the current budget is the budget amount as increased or decreased by percentage specified in the text field.

Account Code

The code identifying the account whose budget amount is to be modified.

Currency

The transaction currency of the account.

Current Budget

The current budget amount of the financial year. The system calculates this field on clicking the “Compute” pushbutton.

Budget Amount

The budget amount set for each accounts.

Utilized Amount

The amount utilized during transaction.

Description

The textual description pertaining to the account code.

Account Group

The group to which the account belongs.

The system calculates the current budget.

Note: The copy amount must be greater than or equal to the utilized amount.

The system will copy the account budget either for the financial year or for the financial period.

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What you can do in this page

Copy the account budget based on the utilized or the budget amount

Define basis of budget

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy the account budget based on the utilized or the budget amount

You can copy the budget details from one financial year/ period to another financial year / period. You can copy the details based on the utilized or the budget amount.

Define basis of budget

You can define the basis on which the budget is calculated.